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Read more at: Presentation of Helena Sanson’s new book: Annibale Guasco, Ragionamento a Donna Lavinia sua figliuola della maniera del governarsi ella in corte (1586). Con una scelta di lettere (Alessandria: Edizioni dell’Orso, 2022, 288 pp.).
Presentation of Helena Sanson’s new book: Annibale Guasco, Ragionamento a Donna Lavinia sua figliuola della maniera del governarsi ella in corte (1586). Con una scelta di lettere (Alessandria: Edizioni dell’Orso, 2022, 288 pp.).

Presentation of Helena Sanson’s new book: Annibale Guasco, Ragionamento a Donna Lavinia sua figliuola della maniera del governarsi ella in corte (1586). Con una scelta di lettere (Alessandria: Edizioni dell’Orso, 2022, 288 pp.).

Brian Richardson presents Helena Sanson’s new book: Annibale Guasco, Ragionamento a Donna Lavinia sua figliuola della maniera del governarsi ella in corte (1586) . Con una scelta di lettere (Alessandria: Edizioni dell’Orso, 2022, 288 pp.), ed. by Helena Sanson.


Read more at: 'Narratives of the Nineteenth Century: New Directions', a cross-faculty book launch & research workshop

'Narratives of the Nineteenth Century: New Directions', a cross-faculty book launch & research workshop

We are happy to share the upcoming research workshop event featuring Prof Helena Sanson on Thursday 27 April, 12:45-4 pm, at Gonville & Caius College, Senior Parlour.


Read more at: Talk with Shirin Ramzanali Fazel
Poster for talk with Shirin Ramzanali Fazel

Talk with Shirin Ramzanali Fazel

Come and join us to talk with Shirin Ramzanali Fazel on March 8th! Everyone is invited to attend! Event details are as follows: When: March 8th, 2:00pm Where: Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College What: 'Writing Across Nations' - Roundtable Disscussants: Dr Marco Medugno (Newcastle) and Prof. Jennifer Burns (Warwick) (Event...


Read more at: Book talk: Jessica Maratsos in conversation with Stuart Lingo presents her new book: Pontormo and the Art of Devotion in Renaissance Italy
Poster for Jessica Maratsos's book talk

Book talk: Jessica Maratsos in conversation with Stuart Lingo presents her new book: Pontormo and the Art of Devotion in Renaissance Italy

Congratulations to Jessica Maratsos on her new book 'Pontormo and the Art of Devotion in the Renaissance Italy'. Please join Jessica Maratsos and the UMB Catherine Frisone Scott Center for its first event of the spring semester, on Zoom. On 10th February 2023, from 20:00-22:00 (GMT) (15:00 - 17:00 EST) Jessica Maratsos...


Read more at: Italian Research Seminars.
Italian Research Seminar Poster

Italian Research Seminars.

Come join us for our Italian Research Seminars! Details are listed below. 25th January, St Johns College Dr Gianmarco Mancosu (University of Calgary) 'Exotic Fascism: Imperial Propaganda in between Film, Literature and Ethnography' 16 February, Selwyn College Professor Francesca Southerden (University of Oxford) ''Cosi o...


Read more at: Professor Robert Gordon's new book: Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century
Image: Robert Gordon's book 'Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century'

Professor Robert Gordon's new book: Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century

Professor Robert Gordon’s new book, Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long 20th Century has just appeared with UCL Press. The book is a wide-ranging study of the workings of luck in modern storytelling, between literature and film.


Read more at: Professor Helena Sanson publishes new book: Women and Translation in the Italian Tradition (Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2022, 449 pp.)
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Professor Helena Sanson publishes new book: Women and Translation in the Italian Tradition (Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2022, 449 pp.)

The Italian Section is delighted to announce the publication of a new edited volume by Professor Helena Sanson, Women and Translation in the Italian Tradition (Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2022, 449 pp.).


Read more at: Interview with Dacia Maraini
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Interview with Dacia Maraini

To celebrate the 22nd 'Week of the Italian Language in the World' (17-23 October) - focusing this year on 'Italian and the Youth' - the Italian Section in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at Cambridge is delighted to share the undergraduate students' video interview with celebrated writer Dacia Maraini.


Read more at: PhD grant (Italian Section, MMLL and the British School at Rome) - Postwar Rome 1944-1951: Transnational flows and the culture of occupation and reconstruction
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PhD grant (Italian Section, MMLL and the British School at Rome) - Postwar Rome 1944-1951: Transnational flows and the culture of occupation and reconstruction

The Italian Section is pleased to invite applications for a collaborative PhD award (CDA) between Cambridge and the British School at Rome, starting in October 2023. The PhD project will be on the topic: Postwar Rome 1944-1951: Transnational flows and the culture of occupation and reconstruction . Candidates will be...


Read more at: Dr Jessica Maratsos as new Assistant Professor of Italian in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Dr Jessica Maratsos

Dr Jessica Maratsos as new Assistant Professor of Italian in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies

The Italian Section is delighted to announce that Dr Jessica Maratsos will be joining us from 1 September as our new Assistant Professor of Italian in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies. You can read about her recent book, Pontormo and the Art of Devotion in Renaissance Italy (Cambridge, 2021) here: https://doi.org/10...


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Italian Research Seminars - Easter Term 2025

2 May 2025

We are pleased to share with you the Easter Term card of Italian Research Events. The first two events will take place on Thursday 8 May, when we'll have the pleasure of having Gabriella Ghermandi with us. We look forward to seeing you then. 8 May, 2-3pm, Chadwick Room, Selwyn College Archives, Resistance, Decolonisation...

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